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Body structure for a pocket computer having a fastener with multiple spaced apart elements

US5253142A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1991
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/0907
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The body structure of a pocket computer includes a fastener mainly an elastic fastening element of a multi-layered construction accommodated in an insertion space located at a front edge of the main body housing. A simplified telephone input jack is constructed in the side wall of the pocket computer main body. The association of the main body and the cover body of the pocket computer is accomplished by a pivotal shaft, which is characterized in that it is provided with a delay swivel device permitting the communication cables linking the main body with the cover body to be less vulnerable to bending caused by the actions of opening and closing the cover body and that it includes indicator lights serving to show the operating status of electronic functions of the computer. The keyboard includes entry keys which are securely coupled with the housing plate of the keyboard by slide keys and slide key mounts. The entry key is made up of a face plate and a sole plate, which are of different colors, with the face plate including thereon a figured hole coinciding with a given alphanumerical symbol.

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